I hadn't intended joining Mrs Matlock for Alphabe-Thursday but when I received a copy of my nephew Alex's latest school report today and read this comment from his science teacher :
"Alex works particularly well when completing "open ended" tasks and recently produced a fantastic presentation on the extinct "Quagga"
This very proud but ignorant {What the heck is a Quagga?} auntie had to brag about him.
This is a Quagga......................
"The Quagga was a southern subspecies of the plain zebra with withers of 1.30 meter. It differed from other zebras mainly in having been striped on the head, neck, and front portion of its body only, and having been brownish, rather than white, in its upper parts.
The name Quagga has been adopted from the Hottentot speaking indigenous people of the South African interior.
'Quagga' is an imitation of the animal's call, which it shared with the other plain zebras."
You can find out more interesting facts about Quaggas here.
Very well done Alex, Auntie Em is very proud of you!
